Bill Text: NY S09909 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Limits the amount of the fine to be paid for violating the E-ZPass system for failing to pay a toll to not exceed the amount of such unpaid toll.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-09-11 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09909 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09909-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9909

                    IN SENATE

                                   September 11, 2024
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        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to limiting  the
          amount of the fine to be paid for violating the E-ZPass system

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 354-a to read as follows:
     3    §  354-a.  Violation cap. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to
     4  the contrary, if any person fails to pay  a  toll  as  required  by  the
     5  E-ZPass  system,  the  authority  shall  not  issue a fine exceeding the
     6  amount of the unpaid toll.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16153-01-4